Who is to guard the guards themselves?
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats.
Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat of his own conscience.
The greatest respect is owed to a child.
No man becomes bad all at once.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.